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Porcelain Easter egg centred with the gilt cipher of Tsarina…
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218
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Porcelain Easter egg centred with the gilt cipher of Tsarina…
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
Porcelain Easter egg
centred with the gilt cipher of Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, surrounded by wreaths of blue flowers and friezes of green foliage. Good condition.
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St Petersburg, circa 1900.
Unmarked.
H. 9.5 cm.
Provenance
- Given by Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878-1918) to Serge Benett and Edith Benett, née Rata (1882-?), respectively riding instructor and governess to the Grand Duke during his exile in England between 1912 and 1914.
- The estate then passed to their daughter, Mary Benett (1916-1983).
- Then by descent.
See original version (French)
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